Ventilating device



June 13, 1933. A. SIR] 1,914,305

VENTILATING DEVICE Filed Aug. 16, 1932 A TTURNE'YS.

Patented June 13, 1933 ANTONE 5131, OF SAN FRANCESCO, CALIFORNIA VENTILATING- DEVICE Application filed August 16, 1932. Serial No. 529,080.

This invention relates to improvements in ventilating devices and has particular reference to a means for ventilating automobile hoods and also has reference to means for adjusting the ventilating means from a remote point.

A further object is to produce a device which may be attached to any standard motor vehicle without materially altering its construction.

A further object is to produce a device which is neat in appearance.

A still further object is to produce a device wherein the hood may be opened and closed Without affecting the actuation of the device.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the followlng description.

In the accompanying drawlng formmg a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate l1ke parts throughout the same,

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a motor vehicle hood having my invention applied thereto 1 and partly broken away in order to disclose my invention,

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view on the l ne 2-2 of Fig. 1, and looking in the direction of the arrow,

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspectlve View showing the manner in which the hood arm engages the operating crank,

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary top plan view showing the manner in which the hood arm actuates the ventilator doors, and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary detail view showing the manner in which the hood arm engages the operating crank roller.

Many automobiles, particularly the late models, have ventilating doors formed in the sides of the motor hood which doors may be opened or closed at the will of the operator so as to assist in alfecting the temperature of the engine under different conditions. These ventilator doors however, must be manually operated from a point adjacent the sides of the hood. Applicant has, therefore, devlsed means whereby these ventilators may be actuated lrom a point within the motor vehicle, as for instance, from a point adjacent the drivers seat, thus eliminating the necessity of the driver getting out and making the adj ustment.

In the accompanying drawing wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 5 designates a motor hood as a whole having doors 6 hinged as at 7 to the sides of the hood 5. Each one of these doors has a lever 8 which is pivoted as at 9 to a hood arm 11. This hood arm terminates in a clownwardly extending fork 12 which is adapted to straddle the roller 13 carried on an operating crank 14. This roller 13 is preferably made of fibre so as to prevent any possibility of rattle or objectionable noise. This operating crank is pivoted as at 16 to the dash 17 of the vehicle. An arm 18 has a pull rod 19 connected thereto and extending into the drivers compartment. The lower end of this arm 18 is rigidly connected to a transverse hingedly mounted member 20, which carries at its opposite ends the cranks 14.

This construction is such that when the hood is raised and replaced, the fork end 12 will again straddle the roller 13 and thus assume an operative position even after the hood has been raised and lowered, a condition which is very necessary in the perfect operation of my device. It is, therefore, apparent that I may operate the hood ventilators on both sides of the vehicle from a point within the drivers compartment, or I may open either one of the sides of the hood and again close the same with the assurance that the ventilators will still be in operative condition.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and that various changes relative to the material, size, shape and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim In a device of the character described, the combination with a motor vehicle hood having pivoted ventilating doors therein, each of said doors having a lever, an arm pivoted to each of said levers, said arm having a forked end, means for moving said arm so as to simultaneously actuate said doors, said means including a crank having a roller engaging said forked end, and a pull rod for actuating said crank from a remote point.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

ANTONE SIRI. 

